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Handling e-waste in developed and developing countries: initiatives, practices, and consequences.
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The faster growth of e-waste generated in the developing than in the developed world presages continued expansion of a pervasive and inexpensive informal processing sector, efficient in its own way, but inherently hazard-ridden.About:
This article is published in Science of The Total Environment.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 438 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Extended producer responsibility & Hazardous waste.read more
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Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) management in Australia and Brazil
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present Resumo, a novel novel based on the Resumptions of Resume, and a chapter one introduction to the novel, which they describe as:
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E‐Waste Mistakenly Disposed of as Recyclable Waste: A Case Study from Brazil
José Diego de Oliveira,José Francisco de Oliveira Neto,Maisa Mendonça Silva,Simone Machado Santos +3 more
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Physical Responsibility Versus Financial Responsibility of Producers for E-Wastes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the physical and financial EPR systems and concluded that the physical responsibility is better if and only if the rate of return of e-waste is equal to or greater than a certain percentage.
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A comparison of waste recycling facilities for their contribution of heavy metals and trace elements in ambient air
Abdullah Yasar,Mahnoor Shoukat,Naveed Anwar,Amtul Bari Tabinda,Muhammd Naveed Anwar,Abdul-Sattar Nizami +5 more
TL;DR: The correlation between workers’ awareness and their possible health impacts were examined in the study and it was found that most of the workers were less aware of the hazardous impacts.
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Optimal policies for international recycling between developed and developing countries
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate optimal tax-subsidy scenarios for the following three cases: (1) an on-site disposal economy where international recycling is freely implemented, (2) a return economy where Southern firms’ waste is recycled and returned to the North, and (3) an inactive Southern economy where no policy instruments takes place because of administrative shortages.
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E-waste: An assessment of global production and environmental impacts
TL;DR: Miniaturisation and the development of more efficient cloud computing networks, where computing services are delivered over the internet from remote locations, may offset the increase in E-waste production from global economic growth and theDevelopment of pervasive new technologies.
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Global perspectives on e-waste
TL;DR: The Basel Ban, an amendment to the Basel Convention that has not yet come into force, would go one step further by prohibiting the export of e-waste from developed to industrializing countries as discussed by the authors.
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Export of toxic chemicals – A review of the case of uncontrolled electronic-waste recycling
Ming Hung Wong,Shengchun Wu,Wenjing Deng,X. Z. Yu,Qian Luo,Anna Oi Wah Leung,Coby S.C. Wong,W. J. Luksemburg,A. S. Wong +8 more
TL;DR: It is obvious that the environment is highly contaminated by these toxic chemicals derived from the recycling processes, especially on tracking the exposure pathways of different toxic chemicals which may affect the workers and local residents especially mothers, infants and children.
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Spatial distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in soil and combusted residue at Guiyu, an electronic waste recycling site in southeast China.
TL;DR: The crude processing of e-waste has become one of the major contributors of PBDEs and PCDD/Fs to the terrestrial environment and acid leaching and open burning emitted the highest concentrations.
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Heavy Metals Concentrations of Surface Dust from e-Waste Recycling and Its Human Health Implications in Southeast China
TL;DR: Risk assessment predicted that Pb and Cu originating from circuit board recycling have the potential to pose serious health risks to workers and local residents of Guiyu, especially children, and warrants an urgent investigation into heavy metal related health impacts.